The 59th Annual Type Directors Club Typeface Design Competition

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As a part of its 59th annual Call for Entries, the Type Directors Club is hosting this year’s Typeface Design Competition – open for new and original typefaces designed in 2012, in several different categories.

The winning designs in this competition will be published in the annual publication “Typography 34”. Through the Typography annual, the Type Directors Club encourages the worldwide graphic arts community to achieve excellence in typography.

There are only a few days left to enter this competition, so if you’re interested, you’ll need to act quickly.

The 59th Annual Type Directors Club Typeface Design Competition Open for A Few More Days

Original typefaces designed in 2012 – any new typeface designs produced or published between 1 January and 31 December 2012 – may be entered in any of the following categories:

Single Typeface

Type Family

Type Superfamily

Text

Display

Type System

Pi or Ornament

Original Design

Custom Design

Revival

Latin

Non-Latin

Student work does not have a separate category and should be entered in one of the existing categories.

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